South Pasadena is a small city among giants, sandwiched between the
great metropolis of Los Angeles and its nationally famous namesake
neighbor, Pasadena. Described as a modernday Mayberry and a Norman
Rockwell painting come to life, South Pasadena thoroughly represents the
very idea of Main Street America. The city's 40year fight against the
I710 Freeway extension is legendary in suburban efforts to maintain
cultural identity. South Pas, as residents know it, was named five times
on the National Historic Register's top10 list of Most Endangered
Places. The city's resistance to outside forces threatening to erode the
rich heritage captured in these evocative images has made this little
guy municipality a giant in the historicpreservation battle.